Hail to the Dinosaurs!
American athletes have won a total of 16
Olympic Gold medals in weightlifting.
Only three American weightlifters have won
TWO Olympic gold medals: Tommy Kono (1952
and 1956), Chuck Vinci (1956 and 1960), and
John Davis (1948 and 1952).
American athletes have won a total of 37
World championships in weightlifting.
Tommy Kono won six of those World champion-
ships -- and John Davis also won six of them.
Kono and Davis are the only American lifters
to win six World Championships and two Olympic
gold medals.
Together, the two men account for 25 percent
of the USA' Olympic gold medals in weight-
lifting -- and one third of the USA's World
championship medals.
That's one reason why I wrote a book about
John Davis.
And it's a reason why the following email is
of special importance. It's from Tommy Kono --
and it's about BLACK IRON: THE JOHN DAVIS STORY.
So it's one great champion commenting on a book
about another great champion:
"Brooks,
Your latest book, BLACK IRON - THE JOHN DAVIS
STORY is a great piece of research, history and
novel all rolled into one, and I look forward
to reading it from cover to cover.
Imagine my surprise when this heavy package
was waiting to be picked up when I went to the
post office on Tuesday. I couldn't get over the
thickness and the pages of the book. It should
certainly rank as one of the most complete
coverage of any strongmen of past or present
written by anyone.
I know that everyone who knew Davis when he was
at his peak will relish reading about him, and I
also know that John appreciates the great effort
you spent putting his story in print so his history
is perpetuated. Great work, Brooks!
Tommy"
I don't know about you, by I consider that to be a
GOLD MEDAL book review.
And yes, folks -- it made my day.
As always, thanks for reading, and have a great day.
If you train today (1) drink lots of water, and (2)
make it a good one.
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. You can join Tommy Kono and hundreds of other readers
who are loving BLACK IRON by ordering a copy of the little
monster (all 496 pages of it) right here at Dino
Headquarters:
http://www.brookskubik.com/blackiron_johndavis.html
